for a time

i played outside in

the mud, climbing trees.  i went to

school, for a time, lost myself

in love, work, in the

past becoming the future

found love I lost and

then to last and for a time,

was happy as wife, lover,

mother, teacher, friend.

for a time, as grandmother,

each Monday i gave

to Amelia, who now three,

will go to school full

time for a time before she

too will seek to make

her past the future for a time.